This was such a strange news article. Yesterday at Miami airport a man was shot and killed as he was suspected of carrying a bomb. Apparently the man was acting strange and then started yelling that he had a bomb. The air marshals tried to take control of the situation but the man went to put his hand inside his bag, so he was shot and killed.

The flight had come into Miami from Columbia.

After investigations were finished it was determined he wasn't carrying a bomb.

They didn't shoot him in the arm because that would not have killed him. They needed to kill him as instantaneously as possible because if he did have the switch to fire his bomb all it would take is a flinch to set it off. That is why they shot that guy in London in the head.

danyet wrote:They didn't shoot him in the arm because that would not have killed him. They needed to kill him as instantaneously as possible because if he did have the switch to fire his bomb all it would take is a flinch to set it off. That is why they shot that guy in London in the head.

I didn't think of that! Sorry. It sounds like a really stupid question now. I can understand the circumstances. Why on earth would someone say that they have a bomb when they don't.

You know, cops only have a second or two to make some of these decisons that they are forced to make. Imagine yourself in their shoes at these times. There are great risks involved no matter what they decide to do sometimes.